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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

Frenchmen generally declare that the
cabinent formed by Tirard will not last
1t is altogether lacking in notable names,
creates no enthusiasm, and the members
are known to have little sympathy with
one another's views.
Mr.. Balfour chief secretary for Ireland,
addressed an immense aSsemblage i'll Free
Trade hall at Manchester. In consequence
of warnings that a plot had been formed
to assassinate Balfour, police guarded the
approaches to the platform and were
stationed at various points in the hall
The trail of the persons charged with the
responsibility for the fire at the Opera
Comique resulted at Paris in the sentence
OF NJ. Darvalho, the manager OF the thea.
ter, to three month imprisonment and to
pay fine OF 200 francs. Fireman Andre
was sentenced to one months imprison'
ment. Caryelo was also condemned to pay
10, 900 francs and Andre 40, 600 francs to
various sufferers. All the Others were ac-
quilted.
Mr. Pyne, the Nationalist member OF
parliament who has been deiying the police
in his castle at Lisfinny, lett his strong
hold and, eluding the sentinels, drove oil.
His destination is unknown and the police
are now engaged in securing the country
to ascertain his whereabouts. The duke
of Abercorn presided at ~ conference oil
landlords held recently, and made
speech in which he condemned absenteesm.
The London Times states on the au-
thority OF Parnellite who stpu!ates
that his name must not be disclosed, that
DR.. Hamilton Williams OF New York sue
ceeds O'Donovan Rosa in the leadership
Of the extreme Nationalists in New York,
and that Williams has fund OF 5000, Oou
at his disposnl to organize assassinatlons
and dynamite explosions by sending to
England Irish Americans, who do not
work directly, but endeayor to find men
among the criminals OF large towns to as
sassinate public men and conduct dyna'
mite explosions.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Rum a Modern Invention.

Popular Science Monthly.
The ancients knew Of nothing more
powerful than light fermented wines,
and have left warnings enough of the
abuse OF them. Alcohol was not dis
covered till the seventh century, al
though an older story exists OF a
monk. Marcus, who collected and con-
densed in wool the steam OF heated
wine, and then pressed out from the
wool a balsam, which he applied to
the wounds of those who fell at the
siege of Rheims. in the reign of Clovis
l. He also mixed this balsam with
honey and produced a cordial which
brought the moribund back to life.
Clovis, however, did not wait for the
approach OF death before claiming his
share of the cordial.
According to DR.. Sandford Chaille the
distillation of spirits from wine was
not discovered till the twelfth century,
and spirits did not come into COM
mon use as drinks until the fifteenth,
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Professor Arnoldus de Nilianova, in
cea of the water OF life, which gave
sweet breath and fortified the MEM
DRY, besides being good forsore eyes, the
toothache and the govt, and having
other wonderful properties. Distilled
spirits came into use in London in
1850, and had to be prohibited in
1494. Michael Savonarola produced
a treatise on making the water OF life
in the fifteenth century, which became
q standard authority on the subject,
and was followed by the work OF
Matthioli de Sienna. These books
gave the start to brandymaking in
Italy, whence the trade extended to
France.
About 1920 the Irish usqaebaugh
began to acquire reputation in Eng
land. Before 1901 "brand wlne' had
come to be distilled in the Low Coun-
tries from apples, pears and malt and
in that year an ordinance was passed
at Tourney forbidding the sale of the
liquor except by apothecaries, partly
because of the DEAFNESS Of coin and
partly because OF the drunkenness
which this cheap brand wine caused,
to the great prejudice not alone OF
homes and lives, but to the extreme
danger of the souls of the drinkers,
many of whom had died without con-
| fession."
The act of extracting alcohol from
other substances was gradually dis
covered and liquors of various names
came into use. The trade grew great
and the present century has seen %
new development of it in the general
application OF the art of ''doctoring"
| liquors.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
General News Notes.

Advocates OF the one-state movement
convene at Aberdeen, OAK, and draft a
mem orial to congress.
Sands w. Hopkins, twenty eight years
OF age. died at Kansas City from the ef
fects OF laudanum, taken at his fashion
able boarding house in the presence OF two
young women. He had achieved consider
able notoriety both there and in other
parts OF the country by his reckless and
eccentric conduct.
The Minnesota Secret Service agency, or
ganized for the purpose OF ferreting out
crimes and criminals, filed articles OF in
corporation at the state capitol. The
capital stock is placed at $50, 900, and
Charles s. Northrop, George II. McCluskey,
William F. Garthwait, Allan NJ. Dinehart
and c. w. Node are the incorporators.
A sensational cowhiding affair took place
at Edilburg. Ind, in which DR.. Bland, a
prominent physician, was the victim. The
lady who inflicted the punishment was u
Mrs. Hyatt, wife OF one OF the employees on
tie Edinburg Courier. Mrs. Hyatt heard
that the doctor had made slanderous re-
marks about her and shelayin wait for him
on his return from dinner and gave him a
terrible whipping.
At Washburn, Wis, Rood & Maxwell's
new mill was sold at auction to 5. q. Cook
Il Co., OF Minneapolis, f. Boutin OF Bay.
field and c. w. Griggs OF st. Paul for 81 81
900. The Northern National Bank oil
Ashland was their only competitor, and
their highest bid was only $4,000. The
mill was sold to satisfy a chattel mort
gage OF S24,S00, held by the Northern
National Bank OF Ashland.
An important case has just been deter
mined by Judge Buckham at Faribault.
The question OF contention was the right
OF the state to tax lands belonging to the
Minnesota Central and Hastings II Dako-
Ia railroads. The charters OF these roads
were dissolved by an act OF the last legis.
lature, but the law allows the corporations
three years in which to settle up their al.
fairs They claim the benefit OF exemption
from taxation during that period. The
suit was brought before Judge Buckham
to enjoin the taxation of the lands, and it
was held that the lands are not taxable
The case was Immediately appealed to the
supreme court, the papers having been
filed.
On Jan. l the Northern Pacific and Man.
itoba roads WILL by agreement, put into
effect new Ito these roads, method OIL
milling wheat in transit. Heretofore these
roads have hauled wheat to be miled in
transit by reserving one-sixth OF the
amount, that is, for instance, hauling out
$4,000 pounds OF flour for every 2 ,0OC
pounds OF wheat hauled in. After Jan. ]
two cents above the through rate will be
| invariably charged for the milling in tran
sit privilege, but to be entitled to the
privilege the wheat must be destined to
eastern terminals or beyond. The same
charge will also be made to elevators fol
storing wheat in transit.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

never seems to know WHARF we live.
for mamma to be warm and stop koff-
ing, and we don't know any one to
help us, and mamma won't let us be
begging for money less earn it doing
errands. So something has put it into
me to ask some rich man, who has
Crismas at his house every year, if he
will spare us little, just enuff to keep
usI warm and help mamma get well.
1t won't take much money, | guess,
only 2 dollars maybe. That would
seem CRATE deel bekause we never
have more than some money mamma
earns soing. Please don't say no in
yure hart, but yes, and if you will help
us please come to number 10 Blank
Street, and up stairs to the toppest
landing, and there's our dore. And
when. we say our praers, | and Sis, too,
we will say God bless the rich man for
Chrismus sake. BOBBY MOORE.
The rich mans wife turned her head
aside and wiped some tears from be-
hind her glasses. The rich man him
self coughed little, winked his eyes
little, and loosaned his crayat, be-
cause his throat somehow seemed too
large for it.
Then he and she locked at each
other. The smiling maid behind her
lady's chair resolved to watch for the
postman who left the letter, and tell
him all about what it said. And fin
ally Mr.. said:
Get your things on, dear, and,
Betty, tell John | want the carriage"
Well, there isn't much more to tell
except that the rich man found Bob
by's home, and his wife found the sick
mothers heart. And when the Christ
mas bells were ringing their loudest,
Santa Claus left right at the door of
the 'toppest landing the biggest kind
of Christmas for all the Moore fam
lily, and many of just such things as
had tempted and Knocked at poor little
Sis from the shop window on that
frosty night.
There now, Bobby, you see it acas
some use to look at those things and
make blieve they were ours, cause
now we've got 'em we can think a
fairy heard us wishing that night, and
fairies are sometimes out Of story
books, you know. Mamma says So"
was Sissie's speech, after she had qui-
eted down, and could hold her dolly
without squeezing the -sawdust
out.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Private Bankers of Minnesota.

About fifty private bankers OF Minneso
ia met in st. Paul Il few days ago, when
the Minnesota Bankers association was
organized. There are at present seventy
eight bankers, representing the same num-
her of banks, members of the association.
The association adopted q constitution
and bylaws similar to the American
Bankers association.
The following Off GERS were elected for the
ensuing year.
President, C. D. Griffith, Brown county;
vice president, H. r. Wells, Fillmore coun-
ty; secretary, +. r. Smith. LIE Sueur county;
treasurer, w. B. Parsons, Dodge county;
executive council, II. B. Strait, Scott
county; c. H. Ross. Brown county, Mar
Gus Johnson, Kandiy obi county; l.. Kells,
Stearns county; M. Doran, LIE Sueur coun-
ty; E. d. Dyer, Olmsted county; L. R.
Mayer. Chippewa county.
One OF the objects OF the ASSOCIATION is to
protect the private bankers against the
law passed last winter, which in brief pro-
vides:
No person or persons engaged in the bust
ness OF banking in this state, not subject
to the suspension of the bank examiner,
shall make use of any office sign having there.
on any artificial or corporate name, nor
shall such person make use OF or circulate
| any letter-heads, blank receipts, etc., hav.
ing thereon q corporate name.
Many OF the private bankers of the state
have been doing business under corporate
names, as the Bank OF lie Sueur." This
law will compel them to drop the corpor-
| ate name and do business after the first oil
the year rs "Doran & Smith, bankers, or
to incorporate under the state law with a
capital according to the population OF the
town or city in which the bank is located.
The law is claimed to be unconstitutional,
| for the reason that only ninety members
| OF the legislature voted for it, and that it
| requires two-thirds vote to change the
| banking laws oil the state. Further, that
the state had no authority to confscate
the stationery and other property OF the
| banks, rs the law practically meant it
should do. Probably test case will be
made up for a decision by the courts.
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but--they were nice children, though,
if they were shapbily dressed"
So it happened that while Bobby
and Sis were getting some Cruel made
for mamma, the all-important letter
was being carried by the good-natured
letter-man (who mad children Of his
own, blythe way to the handsome
residence of Mr..
Now, the route belonged to differ
ent postman, but, you see, Bobby's let
ter was minus the necessary stamp
which tho post Office would have re-
auired, and besides, Collector Brown
was afraid something would 60 wrong
with the poor little miSsive if he trust
ed it to other than his own hands, SO
he hurried time little and finally de-
livered Bobby's letter to the smiling
maid at the kitchen door of Mr.--'s
house, making her promise to see that
her master had it after he had eaten a
hearty breakfast
"These rich ones are somehow bet
ter-natured when they've full stom-
ach, you know" he said, as he touched
his cap to Betty, and fastened away.
And, by-and-by, when Mr.. -
leaned back in his chair to read the
paper, and digest the incest breakfast
in the world, the letter was put into
his hands. and with laugh he opened
it, wondering much what it could
mean, and not averse at being deemed
worthy the title and address Bobby
had given.
Reading, his face saddened, and at
last came the low-voiced exclama-
ton:
"Poor children! Too badl too badr'
"Do read it aloud, my DEAR sug-
gested the gentleman's wife, tender
hearted lady, whose blue eyes looked
through glasses which everybody de-
clared must be of an invisible rose
color, since she, the wearer, always saw
things in their sweetest and tenderest
light.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Thought fTe was l.oulanrer.

A garden laborer entered the COURT
yard of the police station of the 1st
district of the city of Brussels the 9th
er day toward shutdown, and began
commanding an invisible army in a
loud voice. At the same time ne
f1ourished a hazel switch like sword
and marched to and fro, as if going up
and down the front of line of soldiers.
To an officer accosting him he said: 81
am the general, Boulanger, and we are
marching against the Germans now"
The officer coaxed him into the office,
and the police doctor examined the
self-styled general and pronounced
him insane. He was taken to an asy-
lum,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Record of Casualties.

\ disastrous fire occurred at Elkhart,
Ind, resulting in IL total loss OF 500, coo to
the Excelsior Starch company and the
Elkhart paper pail factory.
\ young farmer named James Rankin.
living about 8 miles northeast OF Broken
Row, Neb., started out on the morning Of
Dec. 10 for q hunt in u sleigh. When he
had reached point in the woods about
half mile from his fathers house, his
double barrelled shotgun slipped oil the
seat, and in attempting to draw it toward
him the hammers caught and both loads
were discharged into his heart.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Through to the 500.

The last rail on the Minneapolis, Sault
Ste. Marie e Atlanta railway between st.
Paul, Minneapolis and the 500 was laid on
the 18th. making stretch OF 494 miles OF
rails LAID within two years. The officers
will make a tour OF inspection over the
new road within few days, but the form
al celebration OF the event will be deferred
until the completion Of the International
railway bridge at the 500, as considerable
ballasting must be done to place the line
in good condition Tor passenger traffic, for
which ample provisions are being made.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
A CHRISTMAS-TIME.

"Oh, come along. Sis! 1t amt the
easiest bit of use standing here and
looking at all these fine things, cause
you know well enough there amt one
of 'em ii ever come anywhere near
our door, to say nothing bout their
going through it,"
"Well, but, Bobby, it does seems
though the very next best thing to
having things is just to look at 'em
Ind make b'lieve you own 'em all.
And seems as though there was a
time-maybe when l was teenty
baby-when Christmas came to our
house same as to others. And man.
ma must have been rich once, cause
she has the way ladies have now-I
mean n ladytied way, like as though
she hadn't always been poor and so
awfully- awfully--'
Screwed up for cash, you mean,
SIS" interrupted Bobby, pulling his
sisters little arm and turning resolute-
y away from the tempting window so
full of everything bewildering and
seeming to be placed there for the ex-
press purpose of coaxing money out of
indulgent papas' and mammas' peck
etbooks.
The little girl turned less resolutely
from the display than her brother, but
all the same she followed him out
from the glare of the gas lights and
into the shadows of a side street, where
the early night had things all it's own
way, and grew darker and darker with
every minute.
1t was pretty cold, and Bobby
clapped his hands together as he ran
along, while little Sis-her real name
was Cecilia-skipped and hoped and
jumped along at his side, hugging her
faded but warm shawl more closely
about her, and wishing there were a
few less holes in her small shoes, which
were week day and Sunday shoes, too
AS for Bobby's coat, it was jacket
and coat all in one, and though il
might have been worse, yet it might
with impunity have been much better
and far warmer.
Still, both shawl and coat were pres
ents to the children from kind lady
for whom now and then their mother
did some fine sewing, and they were
thankful to be a few degrees better of
than the many little beggars they had
seen that very day.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
C. A. r. AIDES-DE-CAMP.
Communicative Rea Announ-
ces a Lon g List ofAides for North
western States,

W0SI0TU oId(0Ss
Commander in Chief Rea issued an order
ammo uncing the following appointments of
aides de-camp in the Northwestern states
and territories:
Minnesota Louis A. Grant. Minneapo-
lis; Lucius f. Hubbard, Red Wing: Martin
J. Severance, Mankato; John II. Murphy,
St. Paul; S. NJ. Emery Lake City; A. H.
Reid, Glencoe; William II. Moulton, Elk
River; J. w. Bishop, st. Paul; George w.
Grant, Minneapolis; l.. M. Lange, Worth
ington; C. G. Whitney. Marshall; w. M.
Campbell, Litchfield; L. A. Tyler. Duluth;
r. r. Moore, Spring Valley; Frank Bill
ings. Winona; J. w. George, Minneapolis
II. M. Blaisdell, Faribault; J. N. Searle,
Saltwater; Thomas Montgomery, ST..
Peter; w. L. Vining, Fergus Falls: j. j.
McCardy, st. Paul. M. II. Sessions, Mime
apolis; j. p. McClelland, Mankato; A.
Barto, Sank Center; B. +. Zarocken, Crook.
ston.
Iowa-Buren r. Sherman, Waterloo;
Joseph Given, Des Moines; J. s. Woolson,
Mt. Pleasant; John H. Campbell, Des
Moines; F. w. Hurwood. Cedar Rapids; J..
F. Merry, Manchester; A. II. Gillette, Mt,
Vernon; G. w. Blake, Charlton; Richard
Root. Keokuk; Lyman j. Adair, Anamosa;
w. II. Stiles, Guthrie Center; E. A. Guilbert,
Dubuque; Charles G. Curlow, Sioux City;
Jerome Burbank, Allison; j. w. Alexander,
Hamburg; E. R. Hutchins, Des Moines; w.
A. Wareham, Plymouth; John F. Consign-
ly, Audubon.
Wisconsin-Georg L. Robinson, Mil.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Death of Mrs. John Jacob Astor.

Mrs. J. J. Astor died in New York, after
an illness OF four months. Mrs. Aston was
born in New York sixty-one years ago, and
was Miss Charlotte Augusta Gibbs. She re-
ceived good education, and was quite &C.
complshed. On becoming John Jacob
Astor's wife she was enabled to hold
a foremost position in the society OF
old New Workers. With her husband
she became prominent member OF Trim
ity church. She took great interest in
church work. and no one in New York was
more beloved for her benefactions and
charitable actions. She never was known
TO refuse assistance to worthy persons in
distress. Kind as an employer, she was
able to keep domestics around her for
about thirty years, and some OF them re-
garded her with almost filial affection.
She was lover OF art, as her home fully
attests. Her son, Hon. William Astor,
has been in the legislature and was also
minister to Italy.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

The Bottomer, Baltimore, divorce
suit, the testimony in which haa
been filling the columns of that city'C
papers for some little time, has at
last been decided. Henry H., Bottom
er has been granted an absolute divorce
from his wife. Mary A. Bottomer, and
is given the custody OF his five chill
dren. The wife sued for separation
with alimony. The court threw out
the evidence given by the detective,
declaring it unworthy of belief.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

When on his death-bed and too
weak to sign his name, the late Gov
ernor Bartlett, of California, told his
brother that he had promised the
mother of q young man imprisoned
for forgery that he would pardon her
son after he had served three years.
Convey my Wishes" he said, "to
Waterman after am dead. l know
he will cary them out" Governor
Waterman has now announced the
pardon of the young man in question.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

The fine marble roof on Girard col
lege is much injured by the chemical
action on the marble from the fumes
of thousands of furnaces. When put
on it was expected that the roof would
last as long as the building.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

eyes" was Bobby's reply. "But /
think the fairy wouldn't have done
much good if God hadn't let her,
cause he loved dear mamma so much.
Anyway, we've got Christmas at
last, and 1 don't mean to forget my
promise to the rich man, either!"
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
Nuggets Of Foreign News.

Gen. Willoushby, until recently the am.
b,,ssador OF Mad agascar in London, was
convicted on his ceturn to Madagascar Of
the embezzlement OF $4,000, and SEN
fenced to imprisonment for an indefinite
period.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22
began, and thus ran

So Mr.. began, and thus ran
the letter which Bobby had so toiled
over the night before.
"Please. Mr.. Rich Man, Wherever
you are, Sis and I are writing bekause
we can't help it things are SO bad with
us. Our deer mamma is sick and
.koffs the whole time. We havn't any
papa for he is in heaven. We never
had any Crismus bekause Santa Claws
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

Benedick & Friedman, OF New York, inn
porters OF china, have suspended. Liza
bilities $40, 600 to $40, 900, assets about
the same,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-12-22

The owners of III. M. S. Pinafore'
have succeeded in working up a great
revival of the opera in London,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-27

Ladies Cemetery Association
rive oysters and coffee ON the
bf election. Nov. Sth. A special
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entered my hip. don't remember
anything after this until I recovered
in the baggage car. I don't know how
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-27

pose of the attorney being to weaken
confidence in her veracity. Judge
Hutchins, said to her, when Mr.. Eddy
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-27

He also exhibited a skull having the
location Of the wounds marked upon
it, enabling him to succinctly and
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-27

Judge Johnston decided to proceed,
and Sheriff Sheldon and Detective
Reeves were recalled for cross. exami.
- I'D ILL., ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-10-27

man, and the patients who visitshim
at once realize that they are in the
of frin 1E. L.
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